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BBC editor Amol Rajan has been announced as a new presenter of Radio 4s flagship current affairs show, the Today programme. Currently the BBCs media editor, Rajan said he was enormously humbled and thrilled to be given the position and will join the programmes line-up later this spring. His posting follows the departure of presenter John Humphrys who stood down in 2019 after more than 30 years on the show. Rajan will present the current affairs show alongside Justin Webb, Mishal Husain, Martha ...